why did people immigrate from italy to America in 1880 to 1920?

Question

i REALLY need help with this. if you can, thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

i know that they cam here for jobs and stuff like that....but what jobs were available to them?
also, do you know where i could find info about the ships that they immigrated on??


THANK YOU!!!!!

Answer 1

There was much repression and corruption in Italy and Sicily during this time. My great grandfather was a boy, his family and neighbors in Sicily were all farmers. The police and criminals would raid their farms and abuse their women, and so to defend themselves they formed associations, in Sicily it was called The Black Hand. They would target the politicians and police chiefs and cut their throats. Some were chosen, as my great grandfather was, to perform these duties, he was 14 years old. When the work was done, they sent him to America, he came through Ellis Island and made his way to a relative in South Philadelphia, where he was apprenticed to a stone mason. He became a master and built many of the houses on Broad St. near the Phila. sports stadiums, these homes were built by real craftsmen, they are a true part of Americas heritage. My great grandfather worked tirelessly and put all of his money into building these homes, when the depression came, everything was lost. The organization which he belonged to as a young boy later came to be known as the Mafia. As far as I know, the ships were various merchant ships carrying goods to America.

Answer 2

Hope something in this helps you......
1)History of Italy
To fully understand the reasons for the flood of Italian immigrants during the “new immigration” at the end of the 1800’s, the history of Italy must be examined.
2)ITALY and AMERICA 753 B.C. - 1949 A.D.
3)The roots of Italian emigration

Answer 3

Most of them were sponsored by realtives already here. The reason they came is why any other immigrant group comes, the opportunity to get ahead. These opportunities did not exist in Italy at the time. Many worked in factories,agricultural jobs,etc. The answerer who said to examine Italian history is absolutely right. This will help you understand the Italian migration perfectly.

Answer 4

Italians came over and worked in factories and started restaurants.

In the U.S. where the abundance of cheap land could no longer be found, the mostly agricultural Italians in Italy, became mostly urban. Starting from the bottom of the occupational ladder working up, they worked jobs such as shoe shinning, ragpicking, sewer cleaning, and whatever hard, dirty, dangerous jobs others didn't want. Even children worked at an early age, as in Italy, even at the expense of their educations. The Italians were known for rarely accepting charity or resorting to prostitution for money, another reflection of patterns in Italy.

As in many other places in the world, Italians in America clustered into groups related to their place of origin. For example, the Neapolitans and Sicilians settled in different parts of New York, and even people from different parts of Sicily settled on different streets. However, what seldom occurred in U.S. were Italians enclaves, or all-Italians neighborhoods. The Italians would disperse themselves in other immigrant groups, such as, the Irish, the Jews, the Germans, and the Poles, while remaining in their clusters. Also, immigrants usually settled in different regions of U.S. based in where they came from in Italy. The Sicilians resided in New Orleans, the Neapolitans and Calabrians in Minnesota, and mostly northern Italians in California. However most of the Italians were concentrated in the mid Atlantic states in 1910 with 472,000 in New York and nearly 200,000 in Pennsylvania at the time.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The Italian immigration was due to a famine going on during this period of time. Interestingly this spawned their use of tomatoes. before than tomatoes were thought of as poisonous but during this famine people were forced to eat them and found they added great flavor to their food.

Answer 7

Economic Opportunities for the most part.

PS a lot of them worked on the railroads in the East and then in the factories that grew in railroad towns.

Answer 8

go to your search bar and try typing in Italian immigration 1880to 1920. you should be able to find something there. i typed in Chicago ill, and found out at one point in time Chicago was under ice. and a black man from Haiti discovered Chicago. good luck.

Answer 9

It depends

Answer 10

Free land.